2024
- Off the Edge: Flat Earthers, Conspiracy Culture, and Why People Will Believe Anything by Kelly Weill
- A Fever in the Heartland: the Ku Klux Klan’s Plot to Take Over America and the Woman Who Stopped Them by Timothy Egan
- Think Again: the Power of Knowing What You Don’t Know by Adam Grant
- American Sirens: The Incredible Story of the Black Men Who Became America’s First Paramedics by Kevin Hazzard
- The Happiest Man on Earth: The Beautiful Life of an Auschwitz Survivor by Eddie Jaku
- I’m Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy
2023
- Spook: science tackles the afterlife by Mary Roach
- How the Word Is Passed: a reckoning with the history of slavery across America by Clint Smith
- Cultish: the language of fanaticism by Amanda Montell
- Liar, Temptress, Soldier, Spy: four women undercover in the Civil War by Karen Abbott
- The Anthropocene Reviewed by John Green
- Rogues: true stories of grifters, killers, rebels and crooks by Patrick Radden Keefe
- River of the Gods: genius, courage, and betrayal in the search for the source of the Nile by Candice Millard
- The Unfit Heiress: the tragic life and scandalous sterilization of Ann Cooper Hewitt by Audrey Clare Farley
- Dinners with Ruth: a memoir on the power of friendships by Nina Totenberg
- Kaufmann’s: the family that built Pittsburgh’s famed department store by Marylynne Pitz
- All the Beauty in the World: the Metropolitan Museum of Art and Me by Patrick Bringley
2022
- Ghosting the News: local journalism and the crisis of American democracy by Margaret Sullivan
- We Keep the Dead Close by Becky Cooper
- Memorial Drive: a daughter’s memoir by Natasha D. Trethewey
- Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents by Isabel Wilkerson
- The Feather Thief: Beauty, Obsession, and the Natural History Heist of the Century by Kirk Wallace Johnson
- Nomadland: Surviving America in the Twenty-First Century by Jessica Bruder
- Notes on Grief by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
- Fuzz: When Nature Breaks the Law by Mary Roach
- A Woman of No Importance: The Untold Story of the American Spy Who Helped Win World War II by Sonia Purnell
- Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty by Patrick Radden Keefe
- Finding the Mother Tree: Discovering the Wisdom of the Forest by Suzanne Simard
2021
- Pandemic Century by Mark Honigsbaum
- American Dialogue by Joseph Ellis
- Talking to Strangers by Malcolm Gladwell
- Leadership in Turbulent Times by Doris Kearns Goodwin
- Made in China: A Prisoner, an SOS Letter, and the Hidden Cost of America’s Cheap Goods by Amelia Pang
- Down Along With That Devil’s Bones by Connor Towne O’Neill
- Becoming by Michelle Obama
- The Curse of Sherlock Holmes: The Basil Rathbone Story by David Clayton
- Wild Game: My Mother, Her Lover, and Me by Adrienne Brodeur
2020
- Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup by John Carreyrou
- It’s Even Worse Than It Looks by Thomas Mann & Norman Ornstein
- Elderhood by Louise Aronson
- Leadership by Doris Kearns
- Talking to Strangers by Malcolm Gladwell
- American Dialogue by Joseph Ellis
2019
- Smoketown: The Untold Story of the Other Great Black Renaissance by Mark Whitaker
- American Like Me: Reflections on Life Between Cultures edited by America Ferrera
- I’ll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman’s Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer by Michelle McNamara
- Calypso by David Sedaris
- The Soul of America: The Battle for Our Better Angels by Jon Meacham
- The Fifth Risk by Michael Lewis
- Spying on Whales: The Past, Present, and Future of Earth’s Most Awesome Creatures by Nick Pyenson
- The Spy and the Traitor: The Greatest Espionage Story of the Cold War by Ben Macintyre
- American Prison: A Reporter’s Undercover Journey into the Business of Punishment by Shane Bauer
- Amity and Prosperity: One Family and the Fracturing of America by Eliza Griswold
- All You Can Ever Know: A Memoir by Nicole Chung
- The Library Book by Susan Orlean
2018
- The Glass Universe: How the Ladies of the Harvard Observatory Took the Measure of the Stars
- The Black Hand: The Epic War between a Brilliant Detective and the Deadliest Secret Society in American History
- Eleanor and Hick: The Love Affair That Shaped a First Lady Susan Quinn
- The Blood of Emmett Till Timothy B. Tyson
- An American Sickness: How Healthcare Became Big Business and How You Can Take It Back Elisabeth Rosenthal
- Churchill and Orwell: The Fight for Freedom Thomas E. Ricks
- Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow Yuval Noah Harari
- The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America’s Shining Women Kate Moore
- No One Cares About Crazy People: The Chaos and Heartbreak of Mental Health in America Ron Powers
- I Was Told to Come Alone: My Journey Behind the Lines of Jihad Souad Mekhennet.
- Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI David Grann
- The Unwomanly Face of War: An Oral History of Women in World War II Svetlana Alexievich
2017
- The Immortal Irishman: The Irish Revolutionary Who Became an American Hero
- The Road to Little Dribbling: Adventures of an American in Britain
- Dark Money: The Hidden History of the Billionaires Behind the Rise of the Radical Right
- ADHD Nation: Children, Doctors, Big Pharma and the Making of an American Epidemic
- At the Existentialist Cafe: Freedom, Being and Apricot Cocktails with Jean-Paul Sarte, Simone de Beauvoir…
- Born to Run
- His Final Battle: The Last Months of Franklin Roosevelt
- Sing for Your Life: A Story of Race, Music and Family
- When Breath Becomes Air Paul Kalanithi
- Dark Territory: The Secret History of Cyber War Fred M. Kaplan
- The Morning They Came for Us: Dispatches from Syria Janine Di Giovanni
- Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis J. D. Vance
2016
- Soldier Girls: The Battles of Three Women at Home and at War Helen Thorpe
- Deep Down Dark: The Untold Stories of 33 Men Buried in a Chilean Mine, and the Miracle That Set Them Freeby Hector Tobar
- The Empathy Exams: Essays Leslie Jamison
- The Wright Brothers David McCullough
- Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania Erik Larson
- Do No Harm: Stories of Life, Death, and Brain Surgery Henry Marsh
- Nagasaki: Life After Nuclear War Susan Southard
- Blackout: Remembering the Things I Drank to Forget Sarah Hepola
- The Witches: Salem, 1692 Stacy Schiff
- Black Flags: The Rise of ISIS Joby Warrick
- Ghettoside: The Story of a Murder in America Jill Leovy
- H is for Hawk Helen Macdonald
2015
- The Wolf and the Watchman Scott C. Johnson
- The Unwinding George C. Packer
- Little Failure Gary Shteyngart
- A Spy Among Friends: Kim Philby and the Great Betrayal Ben Macintyre
- The Sixth Extinction Elizabeth Kolbert
- Just Mercy Bryan Stevenson
- The Empire of Sin: A Story of Sex, Jazz, Murder and the Battle for Modern New Orleans Gary Krist
- Flash Boys: A Wall Street Revolt Michael Lewis
- Blood Will Out: The True Story of a Murder, a Mystery and a Masquerade Walter Kirn
- Savage Harvest: A Tale of Cannibals, Colonialism and Michael Rockefeller’s Tragic Quest for Primitive Art Carl Hoffman
- Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End Atul Gawande
- The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics Daniel James Brow
2014
- Short Nights of the Shadow Catcher: The Epic Life and Immortal Photographs of Edward Curtis Tim Egan
- After Visiting Friends Michael Hainey
- Thank You for Your Service David Finkel
- Detroit: An American Autopsy Charlie LeDuff
- On Looking: Eleven Walks with Expert Eyes Alexandra Horowitz
- Frozen in Time: An Epic Story of Survival and a Modern Quest for Lost Heroes of World War II Mitchell Zuckoff
- The Good Nurse: A True Story of Medicine, Madness and Murder Charles Graeber
- David and Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits and the Art of Battling Giants Malcolm Gladwell
- The Smartest Kids in the World: And How They Got That Way Amanda Ripley
- Lost Girls: An Unsolved American Mystery Robert Kolker
- How to Create the Perfect Wife Wendy Moore
- The End-of-Your-Life Book Club Will Schwalbe
2013
- That Used to Be Us: How America Fell Behind in the World It Invented and How We Can Come Back Thomas L. Friedman and Michael Mandelbaum
- What It Is Like to Go to War Karl Marlantes
- Townie: A Memoir Andre Dubus III
- Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail Cheryl Strayed
- How Music Works David Byrne
- Double Cross: The True Story of the D-Day Spies Ben Macintyre
- Hallucinations Oliver Sacks
- How Children Succeed : Grit Curiosity, and the Hidden Power of Character Paul Tough
- Darwin’s Ghosts: The Secret History of Evolution Rebecca Stott
- Quiet: The Power of Introverts Susan Cain
- The Oath: The Obama White House and the Supreme Court Jeffrey Toobin
- The Black Count: Glory, Revolution, Betrayal, and the Real Count of Monte Cristo Tom Reiss
2012
- Packing for Mars: The Curious Science of Life in the Void Mary Roach
- Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption Laura Hillenbrand
- Blue Nights Joan Didion
- Destiny of the Republic: A Tale of Madness, Medicine and the Murder of a President Candice Millard
- The Psychopath Test: A Journey through the Madness Industry Jon Ronson
- In the Garden of Beasts: Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler’s Berlin Erik Larson
- Moby-Duck Donovan Hohn
- Bossypants Tina Fey
- The Greater Journey: Americans in Paris David McCullough
- The River of Doubt: Theodore Roosevelt’s Darkest Journey Candice Millard
- American Canopy: Trees, Forests, and the Making of a Nation Eric Rutkow
- Cocktail Hour Under the Tree of Forgetfulness Alexandra Fuller
2011
- Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn
- Lit: A Memoir Mary Karr
- Operation Mincemeat: How a Dead Man and a Bizarre Plan Fooled the Nazis and Assured an Allied Victory Ben Macintyre.
- Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea Barbara Demick
- Origins: How the Nine Months Before Birth Shape the Rest of Our Lives Annie Murphy Paul
- Hitch-22: A Memoir Christopher Hitchens
- Pearl Buck in China : Journey to The Good Earth Hilary Spurling
- The Tiger: A True Story of Vengeance and Survival John Vaillant
- The Tenth Parallel: Dispatches from the Fault Line between Christianity and Islam Eliza Griswold
- At Home: A Short History of Private Life Bill Bryson
- Cleopatra: A Life Stacy Schiff
- The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks Rebecca Skloot
2010
- American Lion: Andrew Jackson in the White House Jon Meacham
- The Forever War Dexter Filkins
- Traffic: Why We Drive the Way We Do (and What It Says About Us) Tom Vanderbilt
- The Case for God Karen Armstrong
- Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen Christopher McDougall
- Strength in What Remains Tracy Kidder
- Fool’s Gold: How the Bold Dream of a Small Tribe at J.P. Morgan Was Corrupted by Wall Street Greed and Unleashed a Catastrophe Gillian Tett
- Logicomix: An Epic Search for Truth Apostolos Doxiadis and Christos Papadimitriou
- Born Round: A Story of Family, Food and a Ferocious Appetite Frank Bruni
- Green Metropolis: Why Living Smaller, Living Closer, and Driving Less Are the Keys to Sustainability David Owen.
- Bright-Sided: How Positive Thinking Is Undermining America Barbara Ehrenreich.
- Zeitoun Dave Eggers
2009
- The Nine: Inside the Secret World of the Supreme Court Jeffrey Toobin
- Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain Oliver Sacks
- The Zookeepers Wife Diane Ackerman
- The Ten-Cent Plague: The Great Comic-Book Scare and How It Changed America David Hajdu
- Relentless Pursuit: A Year in the Trenches With Teach for America Donna Foote
- The Suspicions of Mr. Whicher: A Shocking Murder and the Undoing of a Great Victorian Detective Kate Summerscale
- This Republic of Suffering: Death and the American Civil War Drew Gilpin Faust
- Final Salute: A Story of Unfinished Lives Jim Sheeler
- American Eve: Evelyn Nesbit, Stanford White, the Birth of the “It” Girl and the Crime of the Century Paula Uruburu
- Your Inner Fish: A Journey Into the 3.5-Billion-Year History of the Human Body Neil Shubin
- The Post-American World Fareed Zakaria
- Nothing to Be Frightened Of Julian Barnes
2008
- The Demon in the Freezer: A True Story Richard Preston
- Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking Malcom Gladwell
- Putin’s Russia: Life in a Failing Democracy Anna Politkovskaya
- Spook: Science Tackles the Afterlife Mary Roach
- Marley & Me: Life and Love with the World’s Worst Dog John Grogan
- Oil on the Brain: Petroleum’s Long, Strange Trip to Your Tank Lisa Margonelli
- The Baby Thief: The Untold Story of Georgia Tann, the Baby Seller Who Corrupted Adoption Barbara Bisantz Raymond
- Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life Barbara Kingsolver
- Change Your Brain, Change Your Life: Training Your Brain for Peak Performance Daniel G. Amen
- The World Without Us Alan Weisman
- Here If You Need Me: A True Story Kate Braestrup
- Sweet and Low: A Family Story Rich Cohen
2007
- Salt: A World History Mark Kurlansky
- Flags of Our Fathers James Bradley
- An Inconvenient Truth: The Planetary Emergency of Global Warming and What We Can Do About It Al Gore
- Letter to a Christian Nation Sam Harris
- The Worst Hard Time: The Untold Story of Those Who Survived the Great American Dust Bowl Timothy Egan
- The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down: A Hmong Child, Her American Doctors and the Collision of Two Cultures Anne Fadiman
- Polio: An American Story David M. Oshinsky
- Human Cargo: A Journey Among Refugees Caroline Moorehead
- Clemente: The Passion and Grace of Baseball’s Last Hero David Maraniss
- Mayflower: A Story of Courage, Community, and War Nathaniel Philbrick
- Electric Universe: How Electricity Switched on the Modern World David Bodanis
- Complications: A Surgeon’s Notes on an Imperfect Science Atul Gawande